Here’s where the story falls apart…

Some people are good liars. Most of us aren’t. Most of us can concoct a great story, but at some point, we can’t keep the fake details straight and it just falls apart. It happens in life, and it happens in the news…

No missing baby

Megan McCormic appeared on television to plead for the life of her infant son, according to CNN. “I don’t even know if he’s dead or alive.” It triggered a statewide search, but Florida cops ultimately arrested her for filing a false police report. There was no kid. It turns out she was just trying to get back together with an ex-boyfriend and thought the sympathy would help her.

Here’s where the story falls apart: “McCormic had described her infant son as having a mohawk, a single tooth and a fake tattoo,” CNN wrote. “She told reporters his name was Riley Buchness and that she had left him with a nanny who had a French accent and a gap between her teeth.“

Big Music makes nice

The Recording Industry Association of America announced, with great fanfare to the Wall Street Journal last week, that it would no longer be targeting individuals for downloading copyrighted music. The publicity black eye had caused the companies to change their tactics. Big Music would now work with Internet Service Providers and get them to sanction unrepentant music pirates. In fact, Big Music’s attorney said, the industry hadn’t filed individual John Doe lawsuits in months.

The election of Barack Obama shows how blacks can vote in numbers. Their overwhelming support of the gay marriage ban in California shows there are social conservatives in the black community. In a message that’s been repeated for years, a black New Hampshire Republican writes in the Union Leader the party needs to stop talking about it and make with the outreaching.

Here’s where the story falls apart: Chip Saltsman, manager of Gov. Mike Huckabee’s failed campaign, is running for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. His campaign, Talking Points Memo says, includes a “goodie bag” that includes a CD that contains the song “Barack the Magic Negro.”